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The Fast That Redrew India's Map - And Why That Saved It

August 31, 2026 marked 70 years since the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 received presidential assent. A constitutional lawyer's essay in the Indian Express revisits how linguistic identity, once feared as a threat to national unity, became the basis for India's internal map. A historical essay reflects on the linguistic reorganization of Indian states triggered by the 58-day fast of Potti Sriramulu and formalized by the…